ethology

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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἠθολογία“painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”
2. Latin · derived fromēthologia“the art of depicting or imitating character”
3. English todayethology

From the Latin ēthologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ἠθολογία (ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, especially moral character”). Equivalent to etho- + -logy.